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Well. It first takes a bit of knowledge about history and such. A good understanding of what the Spanish were doing can help more than a lot of treasure monumentation knowledge.
That being said, I would initially recommend any book by Charles Kenworthy. Apparently he spent oodles of money to get documents from VeraCruz and from Cordoba (seats of Spanish power during the time in question)... or was it Mexico City. --- From somewhere.
Turtles lead to Treasure isn't bad either.
Really it takes a lot of time spent walking the trails, and a keen eye for what probably isn't natural. There is a great example of a 'prop-rock' face profile monument (where it looks is where the trail goes) driving West on I-40 into ABQ from Tijeras. It's one of the last nice rock outcrops before the hills fade into 4hills and such. It's on the South side, looking North.
That's just one of the monuments that go from Tijeras all the way to Placitas. I know of at least 8 for that trail alone, and these trails / markers are all over the state.
There is a great pointer in the Taos canyon showing which way to go to get out of the canyon on the road to Taos too.
EDIT: Don't forget to respect the situation. Deaths by stupidity and from Death Traps have happened to many in the past, when they didn't show respect or due concern for what they were doing. The Spanish didn't want people to find their shit.